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LAND As A BASIS OF CREoIr.-sIany favor
aole comments have been made upon the plan
FOR Land and improvement company re-.
Gently outlined in this correspondence, and n
number Of encouraging messages have been
sent to the gentlemen who conceived the project
II Is not improbable that the idea will soon
msterialize into some substantial action
There is no syndicate behind the project
and mighty little capital as yet, but that is no
reason why it should fail. Bya wise combina
tion Of their surplus lands in the hands Of
capable managers n number Of poor planters
can WELD rs much influence and command as
many resources as Q group Of moneyed men,
If anything is to be done 10 revive South Caro-
linn the ordinary run Of citizens will have to
take the initiative in it. Our rich men have
too sure an income from investments in bonds
and mortgages to induce their entry into new
fields. The greater the necessities Of the land
owner and the ordinary industrial struggler
the greater the power Of those who hold tho
purse-strings, and South Carolina may have TO
wait long before wide-visioned and patriotic
capitalists employ their energies and resources
upon her soil.
There are some States where rich men build
memorials of their wealth in farms that do
them honor and their communities good, but
no doubt our South Carolina syndics have not
reached that height of riches which develops
the philanthropist. These ore not commu-
nistie words, nor arc they prejudiced. They
merely outline facts which every citizen of
South Carolina realizes. Hero in Columbia We
have very few wealthy people, but it is among
the ranks Of those We have that there is the
greatest apathy as to progress and opposition
TO wholesome innovation. Our projected rail-
road to Spartanburg and the West lags uncer-
tain for lack Of that hearty support among the
wealthier people which would secure prompt
and adequate subscription by this township.
Columbia is not the only community in the
State where this apathy Of wealth stagnates
the public spirit. 1t is unfortunately but an
example Of other communities. Let any one
think for minnie what q vast deal Of good
one public-spirited, progressive capitalist could
do in South Carolina, what industries he could
insuguratc by the force Of his example, what
resources he could develop, what confidence he
could instil, how infectious would be his exam
pie Yet what he could do some scores of
poor people can do equally we'll by conce ntra-
ting their resources and their means. Cannot
the experiment be made?-N. O. G., to Ners and
Courisr.
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TRAGEDY IN NEwBERRY CouRr-Newberry
8. C., March 26-when the Reeves Corwin
cass was called in Trial Justice Blease's Office
this morning il YVES expected that there would
be trouble before the case would end, because
Of the personal feeling exhibited between Col.
George Johustone and Colonel John Is. Jones,
While Colonel Jones was addressing the Justice
on some point in the case, the Counsel became
engaged in passage of words, during which
Johnstone denounced Jones as an Infamous
puppy whereupon firing began, which con-
tinued till the contents Of each pistol was dis
charged.
Johnstone and Jones were within few feet
Of each other during the firing, and it is some
what remarkable that both were not killed.
Col. Jones received q wound between the eighth
aud ninth ribs, the bullet passing directly
downward and onward through the stomach
aud diaphragm and lodging beneath tho float
ing ribs on the right side. At the present
writing the wound is considered mortal, il being
the opinion of the physicians that he will not
live longer than twenty-four hours. Col.
Johnstone received one shot through the lobe
of his ear, glancing shot in his right groin, q
bullet passing through the coat sleeve of his
left arm. Neither Of his wound. are consider
ed serious.
George d. Cromer, Johnston's partner, and
the Mayor of the city, in attempting to pre-
serve the peace narrowly escaped with his life,
two bullets passing through his clothes.-
Special TO Col. Register.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION
ON
RAILROAD
Subscription.
DRAYTONVILLE TOWNSHIP
OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
UNION. s. c.. March IL. 1897

OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
UNION, s. c., MARCH Is, 1887.
WHEREAS, petition has been fled with
w the County Commissioners Of Union
County, signed by majority Of the Freehold
ers Of Draytonville Township, Of Union County,
in accordance with the provisions of the Act Of
the General Assembly Of South Carolina. epti-
tied IN Act TO incorporate the Union, Gaffney
City and Rutherfordton railroad Company,
approved March lS, 1873, and acts am enc stery
thereof, asking that tho question Of Subscrip-
ton or No Subscription Of the sum Of twenty
thousand dollars TO the Capital stock OF said
Company, which subscription shall DO made in
Coupon Bonds Of said township, hearing seven
per cent. interest, and payable In equal install.
ments in l6, 20, "a and % years, after the
date thereof, as provided by said act, bs sub
mitted to the qualified electors Of said Town
ship.
And further, that the fund realized on said
bonds TO he expended exclusively in the con-
struction of said railroad within the limits of
said township. The terms OF this subscrip-
ton is, that provided the said railroad be
built by the way of Gaffney City, spariaaburs
County, South Carolipa,
And whereas, the saii Commissioners have
by resolution Of their board, fxed the amount
proposed to be subscribed, according TO the
requests of said petition, at twenty thousand
Of said township, said bonds TO be
made payable In equal installments In 10, ~,
"a and % years after the date thereof, - pro-
vided in said Act.
It is hereby ordered that IN election DO he'd
for said purpose. on Tuesday the 26ih day af
April, 1857, and that the polls be opened o. the
various election precincts, within the said town
ship of Draytonville, In the County Of Union,
from o'clock A. H., until o'clock T. NJ, OF
that day, at which election all qualified cleo
tors of said township shall bs entitled TO vote,
| that the ballots shall have written or printed
thereon, the words, Subscription" or "ko
| Subscription"
Tho managers Of the last general election for
the election precincts, within said township,
are hereby appointed managers Of the election
herein ordered. Said managers shall make re.
turns and meet at the Court House Of said
County, and count the votes and declare the
resul, Of said election, and certify the sane "
the Chairman Of the Board Of County Commits
sioncrs of said County, as provided by law, on
or before Friday, the oath day Of April 1851.
BY order OF the Board;
Jso: =. GAeR, JAS, I. DOUGLASS
| CLERK, CHAIRMAN n. Q. o. U. O.
March l8, IL, Ct.
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Hardware Prices :
AT w. D. I
HI a r. RW A IN

desire acknowledge thanks for this support beey
that low will always desire say by way of en-
phas that prices shall remain down- necesstates Bew
ley to scratch mans head the rest ofhis days
So and try your Spring hardware decide for
yourselves whether these not
Yours Truly.
Mo- w. ID. BEWLEY
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rrcan live at home and make more money
VIII at work for US than at m nything else In
Iu this world. Capital not needed; you are
- ~ - started free Both sexes; all ages. Any
do the work. Large earnings
tsre ffsm hrst start. Costly outfit and terms FREE Bet
ssr not delay Cost you nothing TO send ysur Cd
dress and hnd out II you wise you will DO - u
once II. HALLxTT 4 Co, Portland, Maine
Dec.8. IS ~
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| n
Inc OCate OF South Carolina
In the Cour. of comuo. p,
n' LUZ fnehei-CemPlaint Served.
John Wright Hodge. PLAINTIFF
aqainI
Fnnk Hodge, Calvin Hodge. Ga,av.x Hoa..
Eeland Hodge, Caroline Fovl.r C.ths,;s.
Hays, James j. Hays, Minery, Ia;. H..
Ads, Sarah johnson. John Jobn.on Jsm:,
Hodge, John Hodge, Zacariab Hodrs rhon.o
Hodge, Susan Hodge. Mnrk FoSI.r E,,;s
jackson Fowler, Susan Milllwood. Doc Mill
sood, Samuel Fowler, Rlms Hili. Fr..t,;n
Fowler, Ramsey Quinn. Anaer.on on;an
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The State of South Carolina.
COUNTY OF UNION.
In the Court of Common Pleas.
Summons for Relief-Complaint Served.
James. NJ. Gibbs, Plaintiff,
d1diyst

summons for Reief-Complaint Served.
James. NJ. Gibbs. Plaintiff,
against
+. Lawrence Linder, Defendant.
To the Defendant in this action.
VOU are hereby summoned and required to
i. answer the complaint in this action, q
copy Of which is herewith served upon you
and to serve copy of your answer to the said
complaint on the subscriber ut his office, ut
Union, within twenty days after the service
hereof; exclusive Of the day Of such service
and it you fail to answer tho complaint within
the time aforesaid; the plaintiff in this action
will apply to the Court for the Relief deman-
ded in the Complaint.
Witness, James Munro, Esq, Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County
aforesaid, at the place aforesaid, End day of
February, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and eighty seven and in
the one hundred and eleventh year of the
sovereignty and independence of the United
States of America
J Seal i piainiias ni aHsNsa@Ds Attorney.
WI
JAMES MUNRO, Clerk.
SOUTH CAROLINA,
UNION COUNTY.
To f. Lawrence Linder: Take notice that
the Summons of which the above is n copy and
the complaint were fled in the office of the
Clerk Of Court Of Common Pleas for Union
County aforesaid on the Sd day Of February,
1887. d. A. TOWNSEND.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Feb 25 8 6t
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rum-selless could return TO an honest

|
way of making living.
] may be taken 20 task for being
severe on the workingmen. II may
be said that SANDER them even. If
TO tell the truth is TO be severe, then
on this one question hope some
day to be severity itself; but speak
to workingmen because it is in their
welfare that | am interested. have
not been delegated to watch or guard
the fortunes of milionaires, and in
no waycan | hope to accomplish
anything until / state my policy
farely and frankly to those | repre-
sent. We are seeking to reform ex-
listing evils. We must first reform
ourselves.
Some mischievous urchins onge
found man sleeping by the roadside.
They procured some SCOT and black
ened his face. When he awoke and
went into the crowded street every
man he met laughed at him. He did
not learn the cause of the merriment
until friend held a mirror up before
him. He became very mad, and for
time felt angry toward the man
who held the mirror; but he soon
came to his senses, laid the blame
where it properly belonged, and
thanked the man who showed him
why others ridiculed him. / am
holding the mirror up to human ma
ture. True, it exposes folly and vice.
| may and do receive condemnation,
but if | can only show the men |
speak to who it is that is blackening
their faces, characters and hearts; if
| can only show them how to remove
the stains and become sober men
again, | will be content to put up
with their anger, for | know that
they will one day thank me Or bless
by memory for the words | have
spoken and written in the cause of
temperance.
7. V. PowDERLY.
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TEXAS LANDS.

Send for maps and particulars Of special
bargains in Pine, Agricultural and Grazing
Lands, Immediately on the lines OF new
railroad. where you can "grow up with the
country" State amount you can invest
and whether for use or speculation.
j. 5. DAUGIIERTY,
Dallas, Texas.
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in its benefits, than the revolution
which caused the streets of the
towns and cities of France to run
red with human blood less than q
century ago. Less than 5000, 600
to make men feel and believe that
woman's work should equal that
of the man. Less than 5000, 900 to
educate men and women to believe
that "mOral worth and not wealth
is the true standard Of individual
and national greatness Less
than 100000 to cause every news
paper in the land to speak of the
work being done by the Knights
of Labor-some Of them speaking
in abusive terms, others speaking
words of praise, according to the
interests represented by the pa.
pers or according as the work
done harmonized with the princi-
Piles of the Order. For paying less
than 100000 the members Of the
Knights of Labor have been told
that they we're being robbed. In
one day an employers association
organizes and pledges itself to
contribute $4,000, 900 to fight labor.
The next day the papers are al
most silent on that point, but are
filled to the brim with lurid &C.
counts Of the reckless autOcratic
manner in which the officers of
the Knights of Labor levy TWEEN
ty-fve. cent assessment to keep
over one hundred thousand lock-
ed-Out men and women from star
walton. Putting two and two to-
gether, it is not hard to guess why
papers that applauded the action
of the employers in one column
should in another column advise
the workers not to pay the TWEEN
ty-five.cent assessment. 100000
for sober men to use in education
and self-improvement.
Now let us turn to the other
side. In the city of New York
alone it is estimated that not less
than $4,000 a day are spent for
drink. S1,500,00O in one week (;
S75, 100000 in one year. Who will
dispute it when / say that One-half
of the policemen of New York city
are employed to watch the beings
who squander s75,000,0OO yeari
Who will dispute it when 1 say
that the money spent in paying the
salaries and expenses Of one-half
Of the police of New York could
be saved to the taxpayers if $751;
600, 900 were not devoted to max
ing drunkards, thieves, prostitutes
and other subjects for the police
mans net to gather inf If $780,
900 60 over the counters of the
counters of the rum.seller in one
day in New York city alone, who
will dare to assert that working
men do not pay one-fifth, or $780,
009, of that sunni If workingmen
in New York city spend $4,000 a
day for drink, they spend 100000
a week, leaving Sunday out. In
four weeks they spend S1,200,OO0
over twice as much money as
was paid into the General Assem-.
bly, Of the Knights of Labor in nine
years. Infsix weeks they spend
S00,000-nearly three times as
much money as that army of or
gained workers, the Knights of
Labor, have spent from the day the
General Assembly was first called
to order up to the present day;
and in one year the workingmen
of New York city alone will have
spent, for beer and rum s15,600,-
900, or enough to purchase and
equip first-class telegraph line
of their own, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT |
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Il. v. PowDERLY.
GIVES HIS VIEWS ON THE
LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
An Able and Sound Document
From an Honest Statesman.

Among the letters thaI o"hio
to me to-day / find one from an
old friend who takes me to task
for my words on the temperance
question, spoken some ten or
twelve days ago in Boston and
Lynn. He says:
"IA the main you are right,even
the rum. seller himself will not de.
ny the justice of your position,
but remember that in the very Or
ganization of which you are the
head there are many good men
who drink; there are thousands
who will not agree with you, and
after all why do you so bitterly
arraign the poor drunkards 1t is
not required Of you by the Con.
stitution of laws of the Knights of
Labor. You could we'll afford to
remain silent or at least neutral,
preferring to teach rather by ex-
amble than precept, etc. u
very much fear that you will be
misunderstood, ETC."
My friend makes the candid ad.
mission, In starting out, that in
the main / am right, that even the
rum-seller will not deny the jus.
tice of my position. Having said
as much he should have stopped
even then he told me nothing
new. / know that am right; |
know that in refusing to even
touch q drop of strong drink l
was, and am, right. In refusing to
treat another to that which / do
not believe to be good for myself
to drink, l know am right. In
refusing to associate with men
who get drunk, l know am right.
In not allowing .rum-seller to
gain admittance into the Order of
the Knights of Labor, l know /
am right. In advising our Assem-
blies not to rent halls or meeting
rooms over drinking places, !
know / am right. l have done
this from the day my voice was
first heard in the council halls Of
our Order. My position on the
question of temperance is right
I am determined to maintain it,
and will not alter it one jot or IT,
Rtle, If, "in the MAN," l am right,
Ply should / alter my cOursef If
|the man who sells liquor will "not
deny the Justice" of my position,
why should / deviate to the right
or left7 Ifhe will not deny, why
should he not admit that am
right7 / know that in the organi-
cation Of which l am the head
there are many good men who
drink, but they would be better
men if they did not drink. l
know that there are thousands in
our Order who will not agree with
me on the question of temper
ance, but that is their misfortune,
for they are wrong, radically
wrong.
Ten years ago l was hlssed be.
cause 1 advised men to let strong
drink alone They threatened to
rotten-egg me. have continued
to advise men to be temperate,
and though I have had no expe-
rience that would qualify me to
render an opinion on the efficacy
of Q rotten egg as an ally of the
rum.drinker, yet l would prefer to
have my exterior decorated from
summit to base with the rankest
kind ofrotten eggs rather than
allow one drop of liquid ~illainy
to pass my lips, or have the end
of my nose illuminated by the
blossom that follows a planting of
the seeds of hatred, envy, malice
and damnation. all of which are
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who believe in it could not be
bPow-beaten OF frightened. Meth
or the kissing of geese or serpents
nor the throwing Of rotten eggs
has stopped or even delayed the
march Of temperance among the
workers.
"Why do / so bitterly arraign
poor drunkardW For the reason
that he is a drunkard, and because
he has made himself poor through
his love Of drink. Did 1, or any
other man, rob him of the money
he has squandered in drink; did /
make him poor, the vilest names
that tongue can frame would he
apply to me. Must l stand idly
by and remain silent while he robs
himselfs Did he rob only him
self it would not make 30 much
difference. He robs parents, wife
and children. He robs his aged
father and mother through love
of drink. He gives for rum what
should 60 for their support.
When they murmur he turns
them from his door, and
points his contaminated drunken
finger toward the poorhouse. He
next turns toward his wife and
robs her of what should be devot-
ed to the keeping of her home in
comfort and plenty. He robs her
of her wedding ring and pawns it
for drink. He turns his daughter
from his door in q fit of drunken
anger and drives her to the house
Of prostitution, and then accepts
from her hand the proceeds of her
shame. To satisfy his love of
drink he takes the price of his
child's virtue and innocence from
her Sustained, lustrejeweled
fingers, and with it totters to the
bar to pay it to the man who
"does not deny the justice of my
position" | do not arraign the
man who drinks because he is
poor, but because through being
q slave to drink he has made him
self and family poor. l do not hate
the man who drinks, for ! have
carried drunken men to their
homes on my back rather than al.
low them to remain exposed to in
clement weather. l do not hate
the drunkard-he is what drink
has effected; and while | do not
hate the effect I abhor and loathe
the cause.
Take the list of labor societies
of America, and the total sum paid
into their treasures from all
sources from their organization to
the present time will not exceed
100000 The Knights Of Labor
is the largest and most influential
of them all; and though so much
has been said concerning the vast
amount of money that has been
collected from the members, yet
the total sum levied and collected
for all purpOses-per capita tax,
Journal, assistance fund, appeals,
assessment, Insurance and CO.
operation-up to the present time
will not exceed 100000.
The total sum collected for the
first nine years of the existence of
the General Assembly was but
$500,725.14. In nine years less
than 100000 were collected to up
lift humanity to a higher plane,
and to bring the workers TO a
realizing sense of their actual con-
dition in life. 1t took less than
100000 to teach the civilized
world that workingmen could
build up an organization that could
shed such light upon the doings